EU27

English

The European Union in 2007
The European Union in 2020

Noun

EU27 (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Collectively, the twenty-seven member states of the EU between 2007 and 2013, after Bulgaria and Romania joined the union.
    • 2008, Fiona Mullen, Özlem Oğuz, Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou, “Key sectoral trends in Cyprus”, in The day after: Commercial opportunities following a solution to the Cyprus problem, Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 25:
      Another long-term concern is that despite its low tax regime, the southern part of Cyprus also scores badly on many competitiveness indicators. It is only 23rd in the EU27 in the World Economic Forum's Global Comptetitiveness Report 2007-2008, and is the 55th out of the 131 countries.
  2. Collectively, the twenty-seven member states of the EU after 2020, after the United Kingdom left the union.
    • 2017 March 29, The Guardian:
      The long-anticipated article 50 letter, hand-delivered by Sir Tim Barrow, the UK’s EU ambassador, to the European council president, Donald Tusk, stressed that the British government’s prime desire was to maintain a “deep and special partnership” with the EU27.
    • 2024, Anna Nowak, Patrycja Magadelan Klimek, “The Role of the Agricultural Sector in Renewable Energy Production - Norway compared to EU Countries”, in NIBIO Report, volume 10, number 143, →ISBN, →ISSN, Preface, page 3:
      The [NIBIO] report presents a simplified energy balance for Norway and the EU27 in 2022, highlighting the significant contributions of hydropower, wind power and other sources beyond bioenergy.

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